On May 8, 2025, the Boston Bar Association hosted its annual White Collar Crime Conference, a reoccurring theme of which was the recognition of changing times, while also maintaining that the core principles of criminal and...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently issued a decision that has important implications for stakeholders in the durable medical equipment (DME), medical device, and telehealth space as well as future civil...more
Medicare Advantage is the dominant Medicare delivery system, now covering 54% of all Medicare enrollees. With the increase in enrollment and federal spending, however, has come increased scrutiny from enforcement and...more
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is confronted with significant challenges in its inspection processes due to recent layoffs. Among other effects, the latest reduction in force of full-time FDA employees is raising...more
Patient assistance programs (PAPs) emerged to help patients who lack health insurance or prescription drug coverage obtain critical, and often, life-saving medications. This is especially true for rare disease patients, whose...more
In honor of Rare Disease Day on February 28, 2025, we will publish a series of posts throughout the month on As Prescribed and Health Law Scan, focusing on issues impacting the rare disease community....more
The Boston Bar Association hosted its fifth annual White Collar Crime Conference on May 2, 2024, featuring prosecutors from the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts (the Office) and the Office of the...more
n the second blog post of our series on healthcare chief compliance officers and lawyers accused of “going bad,” we discuss Texas attorney Peter J. Bennett (licensed since 2007) who was charged in the Eastern District of...more
The US Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Civil Division released its annual fraud statistics on February 7, covering fiscal year 2022. Settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act (FCA) exceeded $2.2 billion in the...more
Last month, we had an engaging Fast Break session covering compliance topics regarding healthcare professionals’ relationships with pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers. We were joined by Terrence Burek, senior...more
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Final Rule on January 12, 2021 on Transparency and Fairness in Civil Administrative Enforcement Actions that amends 45 CFR Part I to set forth rules for...more
DOJ recently announced a massive coordinated effort with other federal agencies to charge 345 defendants allegedly responsible for over $6 billion in fraud. DOJ, OIG, FBI, DEA, and various US Attorneys’ Offices in 51 federal...more